New Maricopa County Democratic Party Executive Director Maritza Miranda Saenz discusses Preparing for 2020.
March 26, 2019
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At the café of choice for meeting public servants and activists, Lolas in Phoenix, the new Executive Director of the Maricopa County Democratic Party, Maritza Miranda Sanez chated and discussed her background as well as how the county party is beginning to prepare for the 2020 elections. Ms. Saenz has”grown up” in the political arena … Read more
What about Schools? #AZ Republicans Wrangle Over How to Give Away Your Taxes (video)
March 25, 2019
In January, the Arizona Legislature went back to work with roughly $1 billion in extra cash: $900 million in one-time funds, $200 million in the structural budget, and ~$150 million if Arizona complies with the federal tax changes. This was in sharp contrast to the past decade when many Legislative sessions faced multi-million-dollar budget cuts … Read more
Attorney General William Barr’s summary raises far more questions than it answers
March 25, 2019
Attorney General William Barr’s summary of the Mueller reports says: [T]he Special Counsel did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in these efforts, despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign. Yet the Trump campaign seemed shockingly and unpatriotically open … Read more
Sam Hughes Home & Neighborhood Tour – March 31
March 25, 2019
Buy your tickets now online at www.samhughes.org. Don’t delay as this tour sold out two years ago and it is held only every 2 years. You can pick up your tour brochure (entrance ticket) at Arte de La Vida, 37 N. Tucson Blvd. till March 30, then on the day of the tour in the … Read more
AG Barr’s Summary Letter Hides as Much as It Reveals
March 24, 2019
Attorney General Barr’s letter has given the country a very top-line look at the Mueller investigation, while hiding a mountain of evidence of misdeeds behind rather anodyne language. I encourage a reading if only because I quote liberally from the letter. For instance, in the section addressing whether the President conspired to affect our election … Read more
Attorney General William Barr issues his summary of Mueller’s report
March 24, 2019
Attorney General William Barr has issued a brief letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The New York Times reports, Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction of Justice: The investigation led by Robert S. Mueller III found that neither President Trump nor any of his aides conspired or … Read more
Beware the Whims of the Extreme Left
March 24, 2019
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Democrats need to be mindful of the fringes on both the right and the left as they navigate a course to capture more local and state offices, maintain their control of the House, retake the Senate, and win the Presidency. Combatting the right-wing fringe right is easy because they are mostly nativist xenophobic white supremacists … Read more
Woodstock 50 is happening in August
March 24, 2019
I have seen and heard occasional references this year to a 50th anniversary of Woodstock this summer, so I did a quick Google research, and sure enough, there really is a Woodstock 50 Festival this summer. The official Woodstock 50 is a three day festival of music on August 16, 17 and 18 in Watkins … Read more
